The Farmland Protection Policy Act was put into place after a National Agricultural Land Study that took place between 1980-1981 discovered that many acres of farmland in the USA were being converted each year. A 1981 Congressional Report stated that Congress needed to create and enforce laws that protected farmland and they found that most of the problem lied in the Federal Government. Therefore, they passed the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 in which contained the Farmland Protection Policy Act. This Act was created in an attempt to minimize the Federal programs that convert farmland to nonagricultural uses that are unnecessary. In order to carry this out, federal agencies have to compare and change there policies with the Act every two years. The farmland refers to prime farmland, unique farmland, and land of statewide or local importance (Molleur 2008).
The Farmland Protection Policy Act was put into place after a National Agricultural Land Study that took place between 1980-1981 discovered that many acres of farmland in the USA were being converted each year. A 1981 Congressional Report stated that Congress needed to create and enforce laws that protected farmland and they found that most of the problem lied in the Federal Government. Therefore, they passed the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 in which contained the Farmland Protection Policy Act. This Act was created in an attempt to minimize the Federal programs that convert farmland to nonagricultural uses that are unnecessary. In order to carry this out, federal agencies have to compare and change there policies with the Act every two years. The farmland refers to prime farmland, unique farmland, and land of statewide or local importance (Molleur 2008).
4.9 Environmental Laws pd3 Home